Clip



5. L GEDNEY June 24, 1930.

CLIP Filed Feb. 2'7. 1929 INVENTOR SfanZe yL. Gedngy WITNESSES ATTOR N EY Patented June 24, 1930 UNITED STATES STANLEY L. GEDNEY, OF MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY CLIP Application filed February 27-, 1929. Serial No. 343,061,.

This invention relates to clips and more specifically to a'clip which is known in the trade as a money clip, the primary use of the device being to clamp bills of different denominations so that a single bill can be readily removed from a stack of bills wlthout disturbing the other bills.

An object of the invention therefore is to provide a clip of this character WlllCll Wlll be ornamental and attractive in appearance, which will readily receive the bills and which will permit their ready removal as desired.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings-- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one form of my improved clip in operative position relative to bills or paper money clamped thereby;

Figure 2 is an enlarged view in elevation of the clip shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view in side elevation of the clip shown in Figure 2 illustrating money or bills clamped thereby;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 illustrating a modification;

Figure 5 is a View in elevation at right angles to Figure 4 with the bills removed;

Figure 6 is a view in elevation of another modified form of clip;

Figure 7 is a view in elevation of still another modified form of clip.

Referring more particularly to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, it will be noted that my improved clip is composed, preferably, of wire, which may be precious or semiprecious metal but which has a certain amount of resiliency. The ends of the wire are brought together so that the clip is in reality formed of an endless wire as the joint or point of connection may be located anywhere desired.

The clip comprises three main elements, namely, an intermediate member 1 with clamping tongues 2 and 3 at opposite ends of the intermediate member 1.

The intermediate member 1 comprises a pair of parallel, preferably straight runs of wire", and the tongues-2 and 3 located at opposite sides of the intermediate member 1 are of general heart. shape and are, integral with the ends of the wires or runs of the wire forming the, intermediate member 1..

Furthermore, these tongues 2 and 3. are preferably wider atv their intermediate portions than the intermediate member 1 so that at their free ends they extend over the walls of the intermediate member 1 so as to grip the bills 4"betweensaidtongues and the intermediate member.

Furthermore, the free ends of the tongues preferably ifare outwardlyas indicated at 5 to allow the bills to be readilyforced under the tongues, and said tongues at their point of juncture with the wires of'mem-ber l' are wed or curved, as shown at 6,

preferably bo to give a certain amount of spring or resiliency to the tonguesto allow them to prop erly'act.

In the modifications illustrated in Figures 4- and 5, the. intermediate member 1 is pro 'vided with tongues 7 and 8' at its respective ends and at its opposite sides corresponding to the tongues 2 and 3qof'Figure 2 excepting that these tongues are of a different shape, that is, the tongues 7 and 8 are widest at their free ends and appreciably wider than the intermediate member 1 so that they provide a firm gripping end 10 on each tongue which clamps the bills against the intermediate member 1. i I

In the modification illustrated in Figure 6 the structure is substantially the same as that shown in Figure 5 tongues 11 and 12 are appreciably longer and almost as long as the intermediate member 1 composed of two runs of wire.

The modification shown in Figure 7 is similar to Figure 5 except that the ends 15 of the tongues 13 and 14 are inclined.

A clip of this character is of extreme utility in holding money or other articles smoothly and uniformly yet allowing the articles to be folded and carried in the pocket.

The clip does not interfere with the removal of any particular bill and holds the except that the smaller denominations of bills separated from the larger denominations.

I have illustrated a number of dilferent forms of clip and it will be noted that in each one of these forms the spring gripping tongues are at some point wider than the in termediate member to which they 'are secured, so that the tongues exert a real pressure against the bills, holding them against the intermediate member, but do not seriously interfere with the removal of the bills.

Furthermore, the tongues are forced outwardly at their free ends so as to make the entrance of the bills under the tongues easier than would be the case if they were not so flared.

Various changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described Without departing from my invention and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A clip of the character described, comprising an intermediate member and two clamping tongues at opposite ends of the intermediate member and at opposite sides of the intermediate member, said intermediate member and said tongues each composed of spaced runs of material, said tongues projectingrin opposite directions and having resilient gripping action to clamp paper money or other articles against opposite sides of the intermediate member whereby money gripped at opposite sides of the intermediate member cannot be removed from the clamp by motion in one direction, said clamping tongues being wider than the intermediate member and extending at their free ends across the intermediate member.

STANLEY L. GEDNEY. 

